2018-10-04

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We’re continuing our look at engineering materials with third main type of material that you’ll encounter as an engineer: polymers. They’re made of long, repeating chains of smaller molecules known as monomers and today we’ll explore their strange history of polymers and the things that contributed to how we use them today.

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RESOURCES:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2004/12/how_high_can_a_fire_hose_shoot.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/polymer

http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/kidsmac/basics.htm

https://www.livescience.com/60682-polymers.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/copolymer

https://www.britannica.com/science/elastomer

https://www.cmu.edu/gelfand/education/k12-teachers/polymers/natural-synthetic-polymers/

http://pslc.ws/macrog/kidsmac/xlink.htm

https://www.britannica.com/technology/vulcanization

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100628-science-ancient-maya-aztec-rubber-balls-beheaded/

https://www.britannica.com/science/polyvinyl-acetate

https://sciencebob.com/make-your-own-bouncy-ball/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/once-upon-time-exploding-billiard-balls-were-everyday-thing-180962751/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Staudinger

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/ghost-army-the-inflatable-tanks-that-fooled-hitler/276137/

https://www.britannica.com/science/polyethylene-terephthalate

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/29

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